The suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s prison term has been extended by six more months.

Malaysia government will impose an entry ban from September 7 onwards on the citizens of 12 countries, including Bangladesh, which are recording more than 150,000 cases of Covid-19, Malaysia’s Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has reportedly said.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has called upon the Japanese government to extend the zero-duty benefit for Bangladesh exports to Japan for at least five more years after the country graduates from the least developed countries (LDC) status.

The High Court (HC) has issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain why it should not declare BNP leader Md Harunor Rashid’s Chapainawabganj-3 parliamentary constituency vacant.

Bangladesh government has decided to appoint M Shahidul Islam, currently serving as the Secretary General of BIMSTEC, as the next Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States of America.

Canada and the Netherlands have decided to intervene in the matter of Rohingya genocide case filed by The Gambia at International Court of Justice (ICJ) in November last year.

By-elections to two parliamentary constituencies -- Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 -- will be held on October 17, according to a schedule declared by the Election Commission.

Shyamal Biswas, assistant officer, store of The Daily Star, died today with Covid-19. He was 53.

French drugmaker Sanofi (SASY.PA) and Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) said they had started a clinical trial of their protein-based Covid-19 vaccine candidate, and aimed to reach the final testing stage by December.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces growing pressure to reconsider the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will take gas from Russia to Germany, after she said Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Soviet-style nerve agent.

Three school students drowned in the Sonabhari river under Rowmari upazila of Kurigram today.

Amazon will create 7,000 permanent jobs in the UK by the end of the year, the American e-commerce giant announced Thursday in a boost to Britain's virus-hit economy.

At least 379 people were killed and 368 injured in 302 road accidents across the country in August, according to a report of Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation.

A Dhaka court today placed Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed on an eight-day remand in a money laundering case.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines plans to resume flight operation on Dhaka-Doha-Dhaka route from September 7, paving the way for a huge number of Bangladeshis to return to their workplaces in Qatar.

Thirty-two people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The Supreme Court today upheld High Court orders that stayed the trial proceedings against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in two cases filed in 2012 and 2013 over vandalism and arson.

Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Mohammad Shaheen Iqbal has been adorned with the rank badge of Admiral at a function in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gono Bhaban today.

When Bangladeshi authorities prepared to enforce a nationwide lockdown in late March, three friends fretted: How would rickshaw drivers, factory workers and other working poor people survive?

A Bangladeshi citizen was shot dead allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Pakhiura border in Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram.